Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres
at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Women's 800 metres ; at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates	24 and 25 July 1970
Medalists
	← 1966 Kingston Christchurch 1974 →

The women's 800 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 24 and 25 July 1970 at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1]^[2] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 880 yards event.

The winning margin was 0.03 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in the women's 800 metres at these games.

Medallists

Medallists
Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rosemary Stirling Scotland	Pat Lowe England	Cheryl Peasley Australia

The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[3]

Heats results
Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sheila Carey	England	2:04.7	Q
2	1	Rosemary Stirling	Scotland	2:04.9	Q
3	1	Cheryl Peasley	Australia	2:05.05	Q
4	1	Georgena Craig	Scotland	2:05.8	Q
5	1	Adrienne Smyth	Northern Ireland	2:06.0
6	1	Anne Smith	New Zealand	2:07.3
	1	Thelwyn Bateman	Wales	DNF
	1	Cecilia Smith	Canada	DNF
1	2	Pat Lowe	England	2:07.0	Q
2	2	Sylvia Potts	New Zealand	2:07.4	Q
3	2	Penny Werthner	Canada	2:07.4	Q
4	2	Gloria Dourass	Wales	2:07.6	Q
5	2	Thelma Fynn	Canada	2:07.6
6	2	Mary Speedman	Scotland	2:08.3
7	2	Norine Braithwaite	England	2:08.5
8	2	Beverly Franklyn	Jamaica	2:14.7

Final result
Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Rosemary Stirling	Scotland	2:06.24
	Pat Lowe	England	2:06.27
	Cheryl Peasley	Australia	2:06.33
4	Gloria Dourass	Wales	2:08.6
5	Sylvia Potts	New Zealand	2:09.7
6	Penny Werthner	Canada	2:10.0
7	Georgena Craig	Scotland	2:16.1
8	Sheila Carey	England	2:18.5

^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^ Rosemary Stirling 800m Gold - Edinburgh 1970. YouTube. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ "Games results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 July 1970. p. 39. Retrieved 14 August 2022.